Seventeen-year-old Jaylan Banks punched a guard at the I
as they struggled over a bottle of body wash. David Hayes, 18, spat in a guard’s face. And 18-year-old Lavell Staples was accused of shoving a guard as he tried to force his way out of his room.
For some youths, ‘minor’ offenses lead to major sentences in adult prison
Don’t we need to develop a criminal class in order to keep the police and prison guards employed?